February 17, 2:15pm + February 19, 12:00pm, The Prytania Theatre

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Banned for two years upon release for its controversial subject matter (with an exception granted for it to premiere at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival to great acclaim) Jacques Rivette’s The Nun is a gem of the French New Wave, encapsulating the turbulence and political instability of 1960s France. Adapted from the 18th-century novel by Denis Diderot, the film stars Anna Karina as Suzanne Simonin, a young woman removed from her family home to become a nun against her will, becoming an allegorical figure of freedom of speech and revolt. Presented in a newly restored digital print.